Parastegophilus

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Parastegophilus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Trichomycteridae
Subfamily: Stegophilinae
Genus: Parastegophilus
Miranda-Ribeiro, 1946
Type species
Stegophilus maculatus
Steindachner, 1879

Parastegophilus is a genus of pencil catfishes native to South America.

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus: [1]

P. maculatus originates from the lower Paraná and Uruguay River basins in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay, while P. paulensis is from the upper Paraná River basin in Brazil. [2] Parastegophilus species grow to about 5.4–6.0 centimetres (2.1–2.4 inches) in length. [3] [4] P. maculatus enters the gill chamber of the catfish Luciopimelodus pati and feeds on the gills. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Parastegophilus". FishBase . February 2012 version.
  2. ↑ Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa . 1418: 1–628. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-11. Retrieved 2007-07-21.
  3. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Parastegophilus maculatus". FishBase . July 2007 version.
  4. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Parastegophilus paulensis". FishBase . July 2007 version.


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